Gretchen R. Crowe, editorial director for periodicals at OSV, shares insights she gathered from an article written by Father Damian Ference for the Word On Fire website. When we confess our sins and are forgiven, ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on the misery she is seeing in New York during the pandemic. Healthy-looking, well-dressed, good-looking men in their 30s searching through the overflowing trash cans on the streets — all with ...
In an essay ahead of Mother’s Day, writer Lara Patangan writes that when her children were young, the mistakes she was making as a mother would weigh her down. As they grew older, and she ...
My grandfather was a storyteller. I imagine that’s where I get it from. No matter what we were discussing, Grandpa Richert always had a story that illustrated his point. Especially in heated arguments, those stories ...
God’s mercy is abundant, but we first must acknowledge our failings to receive forgiveness
Question: I recently heard a passage where Jesus says, “Give alms and all will be forgiven you.” I am not sure where it comes from. But it sounds like he is saying we can buy ...
Jesus offers us newness of life through his mercy, but are we bold enough to accept it and start again?
God didn’t have to reveal any name to Moses. In fact, one can interpret Moses’ request that God reveal his name as an exercise of mastery, a desire to control the living God. Moses approaches ...
The fuel of social media is the outrage cycle. A public or private figure is revealed to have committed a social transgression. Virtual mobs seek to destroy the life of this person. The accused receives ...
Sally Leroy cries whenever she hears her favorite song at Mass. The Arizona native also cries most mornings as she sits quietly in her prayer corner pondering heartaches and family issues or in gratitude for ...
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